Some people are in the opinion that animals deserve the same treatments as humans and they shouldn’t be used by human beings for food or research purposes while the majority contradicts it.
Animal exploitation is considered a treatment causing harm to them. But the cruelty depends on the amplitude of treatment. The organisations of India as well as the world, aiming at preventing exploitation of animals often face questions against their intentions.
The animal protection laws and regulations demand the rise of conscience in order to enhance sensitivity towards animals. Cruelty to animals is considered a moral issue. By giving them the same treatment as human beings seem impractical, but they demand that they should be prevented from exploitation.
It is a matter of judgement and decision to find out the ways which are considered animal exploitation. Besides, billions of animals are killed for testing animals every year. Passive and active are the two evident ways of cruelty towards animals. Passive cruelty indicates the abuse that is because of negligence and dehydration. Starvation, lack of shelter and medical care etc. are involved in this category. On the other hand, evil intentions of people towards the animals are considered active cruelty. It indicates the intentional afflictions on animals. Hide and leather business is one of the very profitable businesses, but simultaneously includes both animal exploitation and innocent killing of large number of animals every year.
In research activities, a large number of animals are killed every year. For instance human beings share 95 per cent of their genes with that of mice. So, mice are appropriate model for research regarding human body simultaneously the vaccines like tetanus, penicillin and insulin would never have been invented without animal research. The ban on animal research can be foolish but certainly care should be taken for reducing misuse.
The animal protection laws should be meant to determine animal exploitations. The research aiming at inventing a medicine or for advancement of treatment should be considered valid. On the other hand, business thriving on animal husbandry for personal needs must be invalid and marked as punishable crime. Animal exploitation without a valid objective should be considered crime and penalised heavily and punished. These measures will be an attempt to bring a balanced animal exploitation and research for inventions for the welfare of mankind.